SOME 60 YEARS ago the new
Egyptian ruler, Gamal Abd-al-Nasser, wrote a book about the "Philosophy
of the Revolution". Imitating the playwright Luigi Pirandello ("Six
Characters in Search of an Author") he claimed that the task of unifying
the Arab world was "in search of a hero".

In yet another odd coincidence,
Alan Grayson led a Congressional delegation that just happened to be in
Niger at the time of the recent military coup last Thursday that
deposed the legitimate elected government of the Uranium-rich nation.